What Happened in 1971
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"Get Carter" Is Released
Get Carter is a 1971 crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of... Read more
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Rolling Stones Release 'Stone Age'
Stone Age is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached #4 on the U.K chart. The Stones were strongly... Read more
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"The Fight of the Century" Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali
Fight of the Century was the promotional nickname given to the first boxing match between champion Joe Frazier (26-0, 23 KOs) and challenger... Read more
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Arlester "Dyke" Christian Dies
Dyke & the Blazers is a former American funk band. The Buffalo band Dyke & the Blazers picked up on the rhythms, bass and organ innovations of... Read more
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UCLA Beats Villanova in Final Four
The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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2nd Lieutenant William L. Calley Becomes Sole Conviction in My Lai Massacre
On November 17, 1970, the United States Army charged 14 officers, including Major General Samuel W. Koster, the Americal Division's commanding... Read more
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The Doors Release "L.A. Woman"
L.A. Woman is the sixth and last studio album that the American rock band The Doors recorded with lead singer Jim Morrison, who died in July 1971.... Read more
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Charles Coody wins the 35th Masters Tournament
A couple of late birdies sent Charles Coody to victory in the 1971 Masters. Coody birdied the 15th and 16th holes in the final round, helping him... Read more
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Stevie Wonder Releases Where I'm Coming From
Where I'm Coming From is the thirteenth studio album released by Grammy Award-winning American singer Stevie Wonder on the Motown label on April... Read more
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43rd Academy Awards
The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host. It was during this... Read more
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Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Swann in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of... Read more
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"Papa Doc" Duvalier Dies, and is Immediately Succeeded by His Son, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier
The first few years after Jean-Claude Duvalier's installation as Haiti's ninth president-for-life were a largely uneventful extension of his... Read more
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The Rolling Stones Release 'Sticky Fingers'
The Rolling Stones hold dozens of classic songs in their catalog, one being Brown Sugar; the perfect opener to Sticky Fingers. The second this... Read more
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Jay DeMarcus Is Born
Jay DeMarcus (born Stanley Wayne DeMarcus, Jr.; April 26, 1971) is the bassist, harmony vocalist, and song writer in the American country trio... Read more
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"Murmur Of The Heart" Is Released
Murmur of the Heart (French: Le souffle au cœur) is a 1971 French motion picture by French director Louis Malle that tells a coming of age story... Read more
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Mick Jagger Marries Bianca Macias
On May 12th, 1971, Mick Jagger and Bianca Macias tie the knot in a Roman Catholic ceremony at St. Anne’s Church in St. Tropez in the south of... Read more
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Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
The 1971 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens. The Black Hawks made their... Read more
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Aretha Franklin Releases "Aretha Live at Fillmore West"
Aretha Live at Fillmore West is an album by Aretha Franklin, released on May 19, 1971 (see 1971 in music). Read more
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Battle of Long Khanh
The Battle of Long Khanh was fought during the Vietnam War on 6–7 June 1971 between the elements of 1st Australian Task Force and the Viet Cong and... Read more
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Frank Sinatra announces his retirement
On June 12, 1971 — at a concert in Hollywood to raise money for the Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund — at the age of 55, Sinatra announced that he... Read more
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The New York Times Publishes the Defense Department's Secret History of the Vietnam War
June 13, 1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers - the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The... Read more
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Elvis Presley releases Love Letters from Elvis
Love Letters from Elvis is a 1971 studio album from Elvis Presley. The album was made up mostly of leftovers from Elvis' marathon June 1970... Read more
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Tupac Shakur is Born
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He has... Read more
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"McCabe & Mrs. Miller" Is Released
McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 Western motion picture by director Robert Altman. One of Altman's typically naturalist films, the director called... Read more